Healthy

[Jeffro]

Where is the best air quality in europe?

[delboy3]

I would imagine northern Scandinavia - if you could stand the cold

[KARL]

The northernmost parts of Scandinavia are probably as good as Iceland, where it is definitely good and consistently so all year round. I understand that this summer has seen less consistently good weather in Britain than in Iceland where temperatures have gone past 25 degrees.

[KARL]

Sadly, Swizerland's air quality is not reliable (and I know the country well) because it is surrounded by countries that have substantial installations of heavy industry and power stations not very far away (in the scheme of things). Therefore, wherever the wind (i.e. the air) has blown from it will include exhaust fumes that are not more than a day or so old. The air in Northern Scandinavia generally arrives from across the Atlantic (weeks on the way) but also from Europe (including air from Britain which caused acid rain and killed lots of lakes). Iceland is in a similar position but extremely rarely gets European air - when that happens people notice it and remark on the poorer quality. The important point is time for dispersal of impurities and their capture in precipitation which has the effect of filtration.